It's been used by every extreme of American political culture.

美国政治文化中的极端人物都曾来过这里
If you want to claim the nation's attention,

如果你想获得全国人民的关注
go to the nation's temple and claim old Abe, up behind you.

那就来这座神殿宣称老林肯支持着你
He was never very open about himself,

他不是很直率外向
never wrote an autobiography,

从来没有写过自传
didn't write many autobiographical sentences as a matter of fact;

事实上他也从没写过许多自传性质的文字
didn't live long enough to do that.

他短暂的有生之年无暇顾及这个
He was never an abolitionist.

他从来就不是一个废奴主义者
He actually had a lot of

事实上他个人
personal contempt for radical abolitionists.

对于激进的废奴主义者非常鄙视
He didn't like a lot of their arguments

他不喜欢他们的很多观点
and he didn't like their tactics and strategies.

不喜欢他们的方法和策略